One must not hope to be more than one can be.

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.

Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.