A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own..

Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to count up the hours we spent agreeably, a great number of….

Some young people do not sufficiently understand the advantages of natural charms, and how much they would gain by trusting to them entirely. They we….

For some people, speaking and giving offence are one and the same thing. They are spiteful and bitter; their style is infused with gall and wormwood;….

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but suc….

We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much..

There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by one's own industry or profiting by the foolishness of others. [Fr., Il n'y a au monde que de….

A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable; he dissimulates bad offices, smiles….

We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love..

The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether the historians are more inde….

There are some souls so base and filthy that they love gain and interest as noble souls love fame and virtue, knowing one pleasure only, that of maki….

Don't wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed..

The News-writer lies down at Night in great Tranquillity, upon a piece of News which corrupts before Morning, and which he is obliged to throw away a….

There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we for….

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty..

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth..

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich..

There are some extraordinary fathers, who seem, during the whole course of their lives, to be giving their children reasons for being consoled at the….

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property..

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live..

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it..