The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. [However disappointment can always be removed if we remember it could have turned out worse.]

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.

Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.