Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Reason is an historian, but the passions are actors.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.

The world is governed by love,--self-love.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.