It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms.

Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun.

If all seconds were as averse to duels as their principals, very little blood would be shed in that way.

Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.

A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.

That extremes beget extremes is an apothegm built on the most profound observation of the human mind.

Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.