Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.
In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.