Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.

Sad is his lot, who, once at least in his life, has not been a poet.

Joy is a flame which association alone can keep alive, and which goes out unless communicated.

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

Good manners require space and time.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.