Fortune and humor govern the world.

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Things often offer themselves to our mind in a more finished form in the very first thought, than we might have made them by muchart and study.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.