We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.

To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else.

A man unattached and without wife, if he have any genius at all, may raise himself above his original position, may mingle with the world of fashion, and hold himself on a level with the highest; this is less easy for him who is engaged; it seems as if marriage put the whole world in their proper rank.