If vice did not exist wisdom could not predicate itself.
Disappointment leaves a scar which hope cannot remove.
Success is an excellent proof of the wisdom which achieved it.
The vices of some men are more endurable than the virtues of others.
Beauty is a reproach without virtue, while virtue is itself the highest beauty.
The sun at noon gives no more light than at morn, but its glow has more warmth and power.
Without the accessories life were of little worth, and hope gives it its permanence and serenity.
Marriage should be in harmony with nature, in which what is seemingly discordant but illuminates and purifies it.
Our conduct toward one another should be based upon a conception of the infinite mischances of life and the exquisite poignancy of regret.
Misfortune seeks consolation in communicating itself. But when it no longer needs sympathy it is silent, and ashamed of its former volubility.