Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.

There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.

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.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.