Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.

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

Change, change,--we all covet change.

Women of the world crave excitement.

What we love intensely or for a long time we are likely to bring within the citadel, and to assert as part of oneself.

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.