Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.

The easiest thing for our friends to discover in us, and the hardest thing for us to discover in ourselves, is that we are growing old.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.