We all covet wealth, but not its perils.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.

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

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

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.