Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. – Nicolas Chamfort
Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. – Nicolas Chamfort
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyze before we can live happily in this world. – Nicolas Chamfort
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor still less did she say: Be rich her cry to me was always: Be independent. – Nicolas Chamfort