Men of reason have endured;men of passion have lived.

Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner.

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.

Egotism is the tongue of vanity.

A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.