He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.
Pierre CharronGreat towns are but a large sort of prison to the soul; like cages to birds, or pounds to beasts.
Pierre CharronPleasure and pain, though directly opposite, are yet so contrived by nature as to be constant companions; and it is a fact that the same motions and muscles of the face are employed both in laughing and crying.
Pierre CharronIt is certainly much easier wholly to decline a passion than to keep it within just bounds and measures; and that which few can moderate almost anybody may prevent.
Pierre Charron