Wisdom consisteth not in knowing many things, nor even in knowing them thoroughly; but in choosing and in following what conduces the most certainly to our lasting happiness and true glory.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words.

Contentment is better than divinations or visions.

I see the rainbow in the sky, the dew upon the grass; I see them, and I ask not why they glimmer or they pass. With folded arms I linger not to call them back; 'twere vain: In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again.

I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many which have been thought so.

The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman.