The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.
His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others; this is true morality.
Conviction is the conscience of intellect.