In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints, but exert your whole care to hide it; by endeavouring to hide it; you will dry it away. Be always busy.

He said that few people had intellectual resources sufficient to forgo the pleasures of wine. They could not otherwise contrive how to fill the interval between dinner and supper.

It is commonly a weak man who marries for love.