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

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

Those who are formed to win general admiration are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.

To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.

Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.

Some people are capable of making great sacrifices, but few are capable of concealing how much the effort has cost them; and it is this concealment that constitutes their value.

There is no cosmetic like happiness