The less heart, the more comfort.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

The loss of friends is a tax on age!

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

Indiscretion and wickedness, be it known, are first cousins.

We should lay in a store of food, but never of pleasures; these should be gathered day by day.

If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.