Spero Speroni explains admirably how an author who writes very clearly for himself is often obscure to his readers. "It is," he says, "because the author proceeds from the thought to the expression, and the reader from the expression to the thought.

Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.

Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.

To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency.