 No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less. |
| 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 such a person is not to be found. |
| He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk. |
| Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth. |
| The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. |
| A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. |
| Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty. |
| One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. |
| If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. |
| Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. |
| We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. |
| A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were. |
| Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live. |
| Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. |
| They that have lived a single day have lived an age. |
| 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. |
| Out of difficulties grow miracles. |
| If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other. |
| The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. |
| All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone. |
