Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

The future: A consolation for those who have no other.

We are more prone to murmur at the punishment of our faults than to lament them.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.

It is a sad thing to look at happiness only through another's eyes.

A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.