The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation

I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as sorrow.

the mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.

Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act.

Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.

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

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