I am not magnanimous enough to like people who speak to me without seeming to see me
The best happiness will be to escape the worst misery.
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
Those only can thoroughly feel the meaning of death who know what is perfect love.
I'm not one of those that can see the cat in the dairy and wonder what she's there for.
There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.