It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

Sensuality not only debases both body and mind, but dulls the keen edge of pleasure.

There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man--the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.

Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.

Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman's lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.