Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat.

Do not crowd the understanding; it can comprehend so much and no more. A pint pot will not contain the measure of a quart.

The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.

To protect ourselves against the storms of passion, marriage with a woman is a harbor in the tempest; but with a bad woman it is a tempest in the harbor.

Age whitens hairs, but not sin.

To endeavor to move by the same discourse hearers who differ in age, sex, position and education is to attempt to open all locks with the same key.

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.