Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..."

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.

three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.

Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.