It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining of him; his pride is no….

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency..

Friendship can exist between persons of different sexes, without any coarse or sensual feelings; yet a woman always looks upon a man as a man, and so….

We should only endeavour to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over to our taste and opinions..

False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie..

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a g….

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together..

You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed..

Young people are dazzled by the brilliancy of antithesis, and employ it. Matter-of-fact men, and those who like precision, naturally fall into compar….

A man who has schemed for some time can no longer do without it; all other ways of living are to him dull and insipid..

We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is the business of others..

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, an….

Man makes up his mind he will preach, and he preaches..

A man unattached and without wife, if he have any genius at all, may raise himself above his original position, may mingle with the world of fashion,….

What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud voice, ….

There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough….

To how many girls has a great beauty been of no other use but to make them expect a large fortune!.

A good saying often runs the risk of being thrown away when quoted as the speaker's own. [Fr., C'est souvent hasarder un bon mot et vouloir le perdre….

The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to behave himself, so as not to appear to ….

The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are suppor….

How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude!.