I must say... that I ruined myself: and that nobody, great or small, can be ruined except by his own hand.

Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.