Be assured that, although men of eminent genius have been guilty of all other vices, none worthy of more than a secondary name has ever been a gamester. Either an excess of avarice or a deficiency of what, in physics, is called excitability, is the cause of it; neither of which can exist in the same bosom with genius, with patriotism, or with virtue.

True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another.

Many laws as certainly make men bad, as bad men make many laws.

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

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man; it is his love.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.