Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.

Personally I do not resort to force - not even the force of law - to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the influen…

Nos vertus ne sont, le plus souvent, que de vices deguises.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.