of all the follies that we can commit, the greatest is to hesitate.
To enjoy yourself is the easy method to give enjoyment to others.
I do love violets; they tell the history of woman's love.
To this hour, the great science and duty of politics is lowered by the petty leaven of small and personal advantage.
the blessings of matrimony, like those of poverty, belong rather to philosophy than reality.
The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master.