Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.

The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed.

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.