We would be ashamed of our best behavior if the people knew the motives of our behaving so.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.

Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.

And then, strange to say, the first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity; in a girl, it is boldness.

Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.