Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

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

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

We give advice, we do not inspire conduct.

Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the harm we may have brought upon ourselves.

Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.