Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
False happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.
Every woman is at heart a rake.
A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.
The enormous faith of many made for one.
Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity.