The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together

We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death

The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect

To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid

Between genius and talent there is the proportion of the whole to its part

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it

There are few finer excesses in the world than an excess of gratitude

Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workman

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings