To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.

The truest comparison we can make of love is to liken it to a fever; we have no more power over the one than the other, either as to its violence or duration.

We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.

A man often believes himself leader when he is led; as his mind endeavors to reach one goal, his heart insensibly drags him towards another.

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.