There are three kinds of grief: one kind which can be forgotten in pleasure, another which can be banished before philosophy, and still another kind which nothing but death can assuage.


Judgment, which should rule in marriage as in all things, is often warped by broken affection.

It is but fitting that the son should be brought up to the calling of the father.


Always spread your sail in time to catch a favoring breeze.


You can keep anything but a woman against her will.


Often the happiness of a person depends upon his tongue.