The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy. smile
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. strength
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook. hope
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. love
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other. friendship
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. wedding
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. success
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. friendship