The heart that once has been bathed in love's pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever.

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as unconsciously as in a dream.

It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.

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.