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

There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.

We forgive just so long as we love.

We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.

Unfaithfulness ought to extinguish love, and we should not be jealous when there is reason to be. Only those who give no grounds for jealousy are worthy of it.

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

There are several remedies which will cure love, but there are no infallible ones.