Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain.

A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.

It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan himself were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation.

Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain.