The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.

We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

Absence abates a moderate passion and intensifies a great one - as the wind blows out a candle but fans fire into flame.

The trust that we put in ourselves makes us feel trust in others.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.