The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence.

Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought.

There is nothing in the world more pitiable than an irresolute man, oscillating between two feelings, who would willingly unite the two and who does not perceive that nothing can unite them

It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.

To a valet no man is a hero.

Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.