Men are nothing until they are excited.

No two men ever judged alike of the same thing, and it is impossible to find two opinions exactly similar, not only in different men but in the same men at different times.

Report followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto.

Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful.

I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every surly countenance suspect.

In my opinion it is the happy living, and not, as Antisthenes said, the happy lying, in which human happiness consists.

Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want then when you see what the other person has, you wish you had ordered that.