Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice..

Obtuseness is sometimes a virtue..

The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself..

Indolence and stupidity are first cousins..

Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism..

Mutability is written upon all things..

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it..

History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events..

Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything..

The mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is..

Reason is an historian, but the passions are actors..

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it..

There is even the dignity of vice..

There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it..

It is not he who searches for praise who finds it..

What isn’t clear, isn’t French..

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent..

Poverty treads close upon the heels of great and unexpected wealth..

Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such..