 Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity. |
| Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies. |
| Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self. |
| Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head. |
| There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom. |
| A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. |
| No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port. |
| I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie. |
| When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her. |
| The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing. |
| I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate. |
| For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions. |
| Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity. |
| Few men have been admired of their familiars. |
| I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better. |
| There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. |
| If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. Topics: Marriage |
| Ambition is not a vice of little people. |
| No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. |
| I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. |
