Dissimulation, even the most innocent in its nature, is ever productive of embarrassment; whether the design is evil or not artifice is always dangerous and almost inevitably disgraceful.

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it.

A tall, well-built man with a deep chest and broad shoulders can carry a heavy burden with ease and unconcern, and still keep one hand free; a dwarf would be crushed by half that weight. Thus lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.

Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

There are some who speak one moment before they think