Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while.

Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.