Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.

Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many.

A German writer observes: "The noblest characters only show themselves in their real light. All others act comedy with their fellow-men even unto the grave.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.

You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish.