We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed.

Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.

It needs courage to be afraid.

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.

To make a crooked stick straight, we bend it the contrary way.

A good marriage ... is a sweet association in life: full of constancy, trust, and an infinite number of useful and solid services and mutual obligations.