To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.

It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.

Genius speaks only to genius.

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.