Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest.

We should often blush at our noblest deeds if the world were to see all their underlying motives.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love.

The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.