The happy never say, and never hear said, farewell.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.

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.

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