When we reckon without Providence, we must frequently reckon twice.

Why do we discover faults so much more readily than perfection.

We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.

It is freezing fit to split a stone.

If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?

matrimony is a very dangerous disorder; I had rather drink.

The heart never becomes wrinkled.