It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their existence.

The hopes of zeal are not wholly groundless.

The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.

The triumph of hope over experience.

I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.

A small country town is not the place in which one would choose to quarrel with a wife; every human being in such places is a spy.