Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.

We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us.

There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.