From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.

God made only water, but man made wine.

To be wicked does not insure prosperity - for the inn did not succeed well.

Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

Logic ignores the almost, just as the sun ignores the candle.

To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.