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.

Thought consoles us for all, and heals all. If at times it does you ill, ask it for the remedy for that ill and it will give it to you.

It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.

Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.

Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.

Women see faults much more readily in each other than they can discover perfections.