The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

Let us people who are so uncommonly clever and learned have a great tenderness and pity for the poor folks who are not endowed with the prodigious talents which we have.

Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts.

If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor?

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.