Love will sacrifice more to others than friendship, but then it exacts more from them.

No man ever reaches manhood till a woman's tenderness Is a part of his possession.

It is in numberless instances happier to have a false opinion which we believe true, than a true one of which we doubt.

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?

No fruit has a more precise marked period of maturity, than love; if neglected to be gathered at that time, it will certainly fall to the ground and die away.

Wit catches of wit, as fire of fire.

If the human mind naturally produces noisome weeds, it also produces flowers and fruit; and ... the best method to mend the soil in general, is for each of us to cultivate his own particular spot.