Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!

I am the best-natured creature in the world, and yet I have already killed three, and of these three two were priests.

A circumstance which has always appeared wonderful to me, is that such sublime discoveries should have been made by the sole assistance of a quadrant and a little arithmetic.

For can anything be sillier than to insist on carrying a burden one would continually much rather throw to the ground?

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.