Nicolas Chamfort
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Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.
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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.
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Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.
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Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.