Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

The balls of sight are so formed, that one man's eyes are spectacles to another, to read his heart with.

Timidity is a disease of the mind, obstinate and fatal; for a man once persuaded that any impediment is insuperable has given it, with respect to himself, that strength and weight which it had not before.

The world is not yet exhausted: let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.

If a man is in doubt whether it would be better for him to expose himself to martyrdom or not, he should not do it. He must be convinced that he has a delegation from heaven.

Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect.

The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.