Swallow A Toad In The

It Must Be Admitted That There Are Some Parts Of The Soul Which We Must Entirely Paralyse Before We Can Live Happily In This World.

Nature Never Said To Me: Do Not Be Poor; Still Less Did She Say: Be Rich; Her Cry To Me Was Always: Be Independent.

Your Intelligence Often Bears The Same Relation To Your Heart As The Library Of A Chateau Does To Its Owner.

Calumny Is Like The Wasp Which Worries You, And Which It Is Not Best To Try To Get Rid Of Unless You Are Sure Of Slaying It; For Otherwise It Returns To The Charge More Furious Than Ever.

Life Is A Malady In Which Sleep Soothes Us Every Sixteen Hours; It Is A Palliation; Death Is The Remedy.