It is said that ridicule is the test of truth; but it is never applied except when we wish to deceive ourselves - when if we cannot exclude the light, we would fain draw the curtain before it. The sneer springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be, that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

To enjoy yourself is the easy method to give enjoyment to others.

A woman's fame is the tomb of her happiness.

There is no existence so content as that whose present is engrossed by employment, and whose future is filled by some strong hope, the truth of which is never proved. Toil and illusion are the only secrets to make life tolerable.

The lover and the physician are each popular from the same cause - we talk to them of nothing but ourselves.

the blessings of matrimony, like those of poverty, belong rather to philosophy than reality.

A friend is never alarmed for us in the right place.