There are some extraordinary fathers, who seem, during the whole course of their lives, to be giving their children reasons for being consoled at their death.

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

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

The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.