It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.

Hope is the last thing that dies in man.

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

You are never so easily fooled as when trying to fool someone else.

Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.