Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.

Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the harm we may have brought upon ourselves.

Novelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

The only thing constant in life is change