Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Hunting is a relic of the barbarism that once thirsted for human blood, but is now content with the blood of animals.

Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words.

The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.