Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

One must not hope to be more than one can be.

It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.

Every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own.

Chance is a nickname for Providence.

In the library of the world men have hitherto been ranged according to the form, and the binding; the time is coming when they will take rank and order according to their contents and intrinsic merits.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.