There is certainly no beauty on earth which exceeds the natural loveliness of woman.

Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught.

Pleasure limps for him. who enjoys it alone.

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself.

We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!

There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their creditors always outnumber their disciples, they owe humanity more than she will ever owe them.