“Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life
“The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.
“We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in the service of our passions.
“All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love
“I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
“A cloudy day, or a little sunshine, have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most real blessings or misfortunes
“There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others