Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason.

Those who wish to forget painful thoughts do well to absent themselves for a while from, the ties and objects that recall them; but we can be said only to fulfill our destiny in the place that gave us birth.

We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Comedy naturally wears itself out - destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at.

Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in order not to be trampled to death by them.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.