No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience.

Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth.

There is in this world no real delight (excepting those of sensuality), but exchange of ideas in conversation.

I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery.

We often look with indifference on the successive parts of something that, if the whole were seen together, would shake us with emotion.

Now ... that you are going to marry, do not expect more from life, than life will afford.