People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.

In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.

I did not fall into love - I rose into love.

A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We are fulfilling our proper destiny, and those around us feel the sunshine of our own hearts.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.