All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.
Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love.
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.
We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well?