“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”

“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”

“Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.”

“A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.”

“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”

“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good ...”

“But that woman is an encyclopedia!Of all vices, ancient and modern, and terribly interesting to leaf through!”

“A strange girl, all phosphorous and cantharides, burning with every desire! And burning with every vice!”

“The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered...it is not merely the vices that are let lo...”