Remorse turns us against ourselves.

The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.

She commands who is blest with indifference.

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.

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

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.