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

The despotism of will in ideas is styled plan, project, character, obstinacy; its despotism in desires is called passion.

If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Mutability is written upon all things.