“It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.”
Age“As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.”
Great“It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.”
Age“There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.”
Women“There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.”
Men“What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.”
Business“However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.”
Friendship“It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.”
Love“We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.”
Strength“Few things are impracticable in themselves and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.”
Men“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.”
Great“One forgives to the degree that one loves.”
Forgiveness“What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.”
Great“One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.”
Women“You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one.”
Women“We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.”
Best“The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.”
Age“It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.”
Great“It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.”
Men“True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.”
Love“Only the contemptible fear contempt.”
Fear“Taste may change, but inclination never.”
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