If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.
Reason is an historian, but the passions are actors.
There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one.
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.
The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.