Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.
Youth is a season that has no repose.
It merely shews, after all, that affection is a habit.
It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.
It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.
The truth is, we like to talk over our disasters, because they are ours; and others like to listen, because they are not theirs.