The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.