Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Men seldom think deeply on subjects in which they have no choice of opinion: they are fearful of encountering obstacles to their faith--as in religion--and so are content with the surface.

There is no trusting appearances.

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit another´s treachery.

I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning.

Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids and the nurses