Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
Nicolas ChamfortLove is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it.
Nicolas ChamfortContemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
Nicolas ChamfortAn economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.
Nicolas Chamfort