It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

A woman is easily governed, if a man takes her in hand.

A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet the best people on an equal footing. This is harder for a married man: marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

In Friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.

Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone.