Success makes success, like money makes money.

It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.

The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.

Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner.

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