People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity.

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

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.