"Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us."
- Stendhal
"Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion."
"To describe happiness is to diminish it."
"The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent."
"A novel is a mirror carried along a main road."
"One can acquire everything in solitude but character."
"If you want to be witty work on your character and say what you think on every occasion."