Antoine Rivarol

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart. ”

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future. ”

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it. ”

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent. ”

Vices are often habits rather than passions. ”

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors. ”

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls. ”

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent. ”

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes. ”