We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.

The soul's maladies have their relapses like the body's. What we take for a cure is often just a momentary rally or a new form of the disease.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

One man may be more cunning than another, but no one can be more cunning than all the world.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.