Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. The best of beauty is a finer charm than skill in surfaces,…

Nature abhors the old, and old age seems the only disease; all others run into this one.

The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe any one else.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.