Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.

One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority

We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.

Bachelors' wives and old maids' children are always perfect.

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.