It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.

he who seeks pleasure with reference to himself, not others, will ever find that pleasure is only another name for discontent.

Childhood, whose very happiness is love.

Jealousy ought to be tragic, to save it from being ridiculous.

I hate the word 'ought' - it always implies something dull, cold, and commonplace. The 'ought nots' of life are its pleasantest things.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance.