It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

"The Americans are certainly hero-worshippers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes."