"If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France." — Nicolas Chamfort

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.

There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.