There is one thing infinitely more pathetic than to have lost the woman one is in love with, and that is to have won her and found out how shallow she is!
A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
Men become old, but they never become good.
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.