How little has situation to do with happiness.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

Far from having taken any positive step, I have not yet even fommed any resolution.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

... there's nothing but quarreling with the women; it's my belief they like it better than victuals and drink.

to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.