Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.

Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.

He who goes round about in his requests wants commonly more than he chooses to appear to want.

Wisdom is the repose of the mind.

Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it; nor at any time in the extremes of it.

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.