A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behaviour is patience and moderation.
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
We often marry in despair, so that we repent of it all our life after.
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
