We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be.

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.

The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.

Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much.

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

Indolence, languid as it is, often masters both passions and virtues.