Great men have to be lifted upon the shoulders of the whole world, in order to conceive their great ideas, or perform their great deeds.

There is no such thing in man’s nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution.

He whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he throws out occasionally a lucky hint at truths of which every human soul is profoundly though unutterably conscious.

Generosity is the flower of justice.

Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person’s expense!

Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table.

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless thy win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!

A man’s soul may be buried and perish under a dungheap or in a furrow of the field, just as well as under a pile of money.

Men of cold passions have quick eyes.

A woman’s chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.