Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial.

A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.

Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.

Anne of Austria (with great submission to a Crowned Head do I say it) was a B----. She had spirit and courage without parts, devotion without common morality, and lewdness without tenderness either to justify or to dignify it. Her two sons were no more Lewis the Thirteen's than they were mine.

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.

There will never be a better time to start quitting smoking than today

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.