Habit is a man's sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed.

One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.

I do not now begin, - I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast; Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

Investigate what is, and not what pleases.

What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.