You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.