The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.
If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago.
Dandyism is a variety of genius.
The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.
People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.