Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

Small minds are captivated by trifles.

All things change, nothing perishes.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.

Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.