A lofty mind always thinks nobly, it easily creates vivid, agreeable, and natural fancies, places them in their best light, clothes them with all appropriate adornments, studies others' tastes, and clears away from its own thoughts all that is useless and disagreeable.

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor

The grace of novelty and the length of habit, though so very opposite to one another, yet agree in this, that they both alike keepus from discovering the faults of our friends.

How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we want now?

Constancy in love is of two sorts: One is the effect of new excellencies that are always presenting themselves afresh, and attractour affections continually; the other is only from a point of honor, and a taking of pride not to change.

There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.