Many men, seemingly impelled by fortune, hasten forward to meet misfortune half way.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

Whence do I get my rules of conduct? I find them in my heart. Whatever I feel to be good is good. Whatever I feel to be evil is evil. Conscience is the best of casuists.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.