The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it.

When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.

Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Love, like virtue, is its own reward.