The man who reads nothing is more educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
The man who does not fear the truth has nothing to fear from the lie.
I have not observed that people's honesty increases with wealth.
I prefer to be remembered by those things that I have done for others and not by those that others have done for me.
I agree with the idea that there is a natural aristocracy among people. Her foundations are virtue and talent.
I am convinced that the soul of every being rejoices when it does good.
Sinless is he who is incapable of sin.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
It may well be that wealth breeds more convictions than crimes.
The patient must not make too great an effort, so as not to be mean.
Women are jealous of our vices more than anything in the world.
Marriage can be unhappy only to the extent that life is unhappy.
There is much good and original in your writing, but what is good is not original, and what is original is not good.
At the age of seventy-seven it's time to get serious.
It is dangerous to always be right in matters directly related to religion or morality.
There is still much to do and not much to learn in this world.
Politeness is one of those qualities that can only be truly appreciated by feeling the inconvenience caused by its absence.
The greatest art in life is to win much by betting as little as possible.
Wine is also bad in that it makes us take our words for thoughts.
In all maxims, precision must be sacrificed to brevity.
Memories and predictions fill almost all of the present.
This is what a man of his word means! He hasn't been to church in many years, but he always takes off his hat when he passes by.
Time and money are the heaviest burdens in life, and therefore the unhappiest of mortals are those who have both in excess...
We all live with the hope of being liked.
We all like to talk about a topic that doesn't concern us at all.
Life is nothing but a way of not thinking about death.
All self-criticism is hidden praise. We argue with ourselves to prove our impartiality.
When the secretomania or the mystery starts, the vice or the scam is not too far away either.
Genius often destroys itself.
The pride of knowing that you can be trusted with any mystery is the main reason for divulging it.