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The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

We distrust our heart too much, and our head not enough.

We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.

We want our friend as a man of talent, less because he has talent than because he is our friend.

What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions.

What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.