The contact of two epidermises.

A man without nobility cannot have kindliness; he can only have good nature.

A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop.

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.

A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.