One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

Deference and intimacy live far apart.

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

We are easily duped by those we love.

Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.

Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.