We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.

A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.

It is easier to fall in love when you are out of it than to get out of it when you are in.

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.

Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much.