There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.

If one judges love according to the greatest part of the effects it produces, it would appear to resemble rather hatred than kindness.

We have not enough strength to follow all our reason.

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance