Heaven Forbids, It Is True, Certain Gratifications,

Most People Die From The Remedy Rather Than From The Illness.

The Most Effective Way Of Attacking Vice Is To Expose It To Public Ridicule. People Can Put Up With Rebukes But They Cannot Bear Being Laughed At: They Are Prepared To Be Wicked But They Dislike Appearing Ridiculous.

The Envious Will Die, But Envy Never.

To Find Yourself Jilted Is A Blow To Your Pride. Do Your Best To Forget It And If You Don't Succeed, At Least Pretend To.

It May Cost Me Twenty Thousand Francs; But For Twenty Thousand Francs, I Will Have The Right To Rail Against The Iniquity Of Humanity, And To Devote To It My Eternal Hatred.