No fools are so difficult to manage as those with some brains.

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.

We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.

When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.