Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us - and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life.

People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.

Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.

We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.

It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of character.

As long as we love, we can forgive.