"Hope deferred maksth the heart sick."

"For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous."

"Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind."

"Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself."

"A cold in the head cause less suffering than an idea."

"Many people seem to think that opportunity means a chance to get money without earning it."

"A woman can look book moral and exciting ... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle."

"A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last."

"I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly."

"There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second."