There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Let us not complain against men because otheir rudeness, their ingratitude, their injustice, their arrogance, their love oself, their forgetfulness oothers. They are so made. Such is their nature.

The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.

It is because of men that women dislike one another.

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?