Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

The most exacting jailer is our own conscience.

Women always find their bitterest foes among their own sex.