We Gild Our Medicines With Sweets; Why

Pleasure Can Be Supported By An Illusion; But Happiness Rests Upon Truth.

Whoever Is Not A Misanthrope At Forty Can Never Have Loved Mankind.

Education Must Have Two Foundations --morality As A Support For Virtue, Prudence As A Defense For Self Against The Vices Of Others. By Letting The Balance Incline To The Side Of Morality, You Only Make Dupes Or Martyrs; By Letting It Incline To The Other, You Make Calculating Egoists.

Bachelors' Wives And Old Maids' Children Are Always Perfect.

Your Intelligence Often Bears The Same Relation To Your Heart As The Library Of A Chateau Does To Its Owner.