In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities.

There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

There are people who would never have been in love, had they never heard love spoken of.

History never embraces more than a small part of reality