We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

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

Born merely for the purpose of digestion.

When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.