Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.

The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.

Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.

In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.