Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

Might we not say to the confused voices which sometimes arise from the depths of our being: "Ladies, be so kind as to speak only four at a time?"

Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

We are always looking into the future, but we see only the past.

When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours.

To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.