He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
It would be very singular that all nature, all the planets, should obey eternal laws, and that there should be a little animal five feet high, who, in contempt of these laws, could act as he pleased, solely according to his caprice.