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.

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

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.

A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows.

Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of slaying it; for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever.

If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society