Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.

There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.

There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or think wehave a right to. But envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.

What makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit.