A gentleman is not disturbed by anything

Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing.

Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.

The appropriate age for marrige is around eighteen and thirty-seven for man

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

It seems that ambition makes most people wish to be loved rather than to love others.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.