Pity is love in undress.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.

Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.

One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.