When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.
Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love.
A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.
It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.
Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.
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.