Chamfort

(Sebastien Roch Nicolas)

Respect is more than respect, reputation than reputation, honor than glory

When I renounced the world and fortune, I found happiness, tranquility, health, even wealth, and, despite the adage, I found that whoever gives up the game wins

Fame: the benefit of being known to those who don't know you

Man must gobble down a toad every morning if he is to be sure that something more disgusting does not happen to him before the day is done

Most of today's books seem to have been made in a day from yesterday's books

Success breeds success, like money breeds money

It is very difficult to find happiness within ourselves and it is quite impossible to find it anywhere else

False modesty is the most becoming of all lies

I'm departing at last from this world where the heart must either break or turn to bronze

Tact is good taste applied to conduct