A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.

The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.

There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions.

Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

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.

I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.