"Love for old men is sun on the snow: it dazzles more than it warms them."

"For one Orpheus who went to Hell to seek his wife, how many widowers who would not even go to Paradise to find theirs!"

"What we gain by experience is not worth what we lose in illusion."

"We salute more willingly an acquaintance in a carriage than a friend on foot."

"We like to give in the sunlight, and to receive in the dark."

"To protect one's self against the storms of passion, marriage with a good woman is a harbour in the tempest; but with…"

"Promises retain men better than services. For them, hope is a chain, and gratitude a thread."

"Let us respect white hair — especially our own."

"Happiness is the shadow of man: remembrance of it follows him; hope of it precedes him."

"We know the value of a fortune when we have gained it, and that of a friend when we have lost it."