to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.

We are ourselves our happiness.

Conscience, like a child, is soon lulled to sleep.

marriage is like money - seem to want it, and you never get it.

Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

To this hour, the great science and duty of politics is lowered by the petty leaven of small and personal advantage.