Victor Cherbuliez

“Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.”

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”

“To know how to be silent is more difficult, and more profitable, than to know how to speak.”

“Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.”

“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”

“Men are not so much rewarded for their services as they are punished for their independence.”

“What a man knows is not to be measured by what he says.”

“Imagination is the eye of the soul.”