Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it

The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.

Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them.

Success in business is seldom owing to uncommon talents or original power which is untractable and self-willed, but to the greatest degree of commonplace capacity.

Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

What I mean by living to one's self is living in the world, as in it, not of it.