The Most Brilliant Fortunes Are Often Not

Satire Is At Once The Most Agreeable And Most Dangerous Of Mental Qualities. It Always Pleases When It Is Refined, But We Always Fear Those Who Use It Too Much; Yet Satire Should Be Allowed When Unmixed With Spite, And When The Person Satirized Can Join In The Satire.

There Are Some Good Marriages, But Practically No Delightful Ones.

People Would Never Fall In Love If They Hadn't Heard Love Talked About.

If We Resist Our Passions, It Is More Due To Their Weakness Than Our Strength.

There Are Crimes Which Become Innocent And Even Glorious Through Their Splendor, Number And Excess.