One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action.

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.