Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.

As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.

Perfect courage and utter cowardice are two extremes which rarely occur.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one.