Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much.

The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

No man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love.

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we consult ourselves as to what we should say, what we should leave unsaid. There are few permanent secrets, and the scruple against revealing them will not last forever.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.