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

Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement.

There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.

A lofty mind always thinks nobly, it easily creates vivid, agreeable, and natural fancies, places them in their best light, clothes them with all appropriate adornments, studies others' tastes, and clears away from its own thoughts all that is useless and disagreeable.