Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.

Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune.

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.