To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; and to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
You read the past in some old faces.
Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered.
Who does not believe his first passion eternal?
When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it.
What woman, however old, has not the bridal favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?
The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is for ever in a passion.
Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.