Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. Votes: 16
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. Votes: 16
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. Votes: 10
Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. Votes: 7
And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note) Votes: 0
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. Votes: 0
Be my brother or I will kill you. Votes: 0
Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us. Votes: 0
Chance is a nickname for Providence. Votes: 0
Egotism is the tongue of vanity. Votes: 0
He who leaves the game wins it. Votes: 0
In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally Votes: 0
Love is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it. Votes: 0
Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known. Votes: 0
Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact. Votes: 0
Remorse turns us against ourselves. Votes: 0
Satire is the disease of art. Votes: 0
Slander is the balm of malignity. Votes: 0
The contact of two epidermises. Votes: 0
The poor are the blacks of Europe. Votes: 0
The sunset glow of self-possession. Votes: 0
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. Votes: 0
We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well? Votes: 0
We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm. Votes: 0
Women of the world crave excitement. Votes: 0