Glory is a poison, good to be taken in small doses.
Show me the woman, however loyal, who does not seek to rouse desire.
Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise.
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to dispense them from admiration, a vulgar emotion.
There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.