In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

The world is full of pots jeering at kettles.