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.

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

It is harder to hide the feelings we have than to feign the ones we do not have.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.

The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.