Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.

One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.

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

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

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

A poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience.