We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary.

Hope and fear are inseparable.

What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

What renders us so changeable in our friendship is, that it is difficult to know the qualities of the soul, but easy to know those of the mind.