Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors.

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.

True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves nor take away from themselves.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.