If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

It is thus that we walk through the world like the blind, not knowing whither we are going, regarding as bad what is good, regarding as good what is bad, and ever in entire ignorance.

... truth ... carries authority with it; while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion; the more they attempt to show themselves, the more they are entangled.

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.

if I inflict wounds, I heal them.

There is nothing so lovely as to be beautiful. Beauty is a gift of God and we should cherish it as such.

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