Life is the soul's nursery.

Perhaps there is no greater test of a man's regularity and easiness of conscience than his readiness to face the postman. Blessed is he who is made happy by the sound of a rat-tat! The good are eager for it; but the naughty tremble at the sound thereof.

Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

Since the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it.

If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!