Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.

We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.

He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.

He loves not who does not see the faults of the beloved as virtues.

If you want to make life easy, make it hard.

Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.