The sicknesses of the soul have their ups and downs like those of the body; what we take to be a cure is most often merely a respite or change of disease.

We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.

There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.

Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the harm we may have brought upon ourselves.

Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.

The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel than in what we inspire.

Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.