Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.

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

At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.

Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.

The poor are the blacks of Europe.

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.