If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.

If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.

Logic is the art of convincing us some truth.

It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this is the root of all impertinence.

If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable.

We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.