We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed.

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

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

There are some chagrins of the heart which a friend ought to try to console without betraying a knowledge of their existence, as there are physical maladies which a physician ought to seek to heal without letting the sufferer know that he has discovered their extent.

Thoughts come maimed and plucked of plumage from the lips, which, from the pea, in the silence of your own leisure and study, would be born with far more beauty.