One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.
Imagination is a quality given to a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour is provided to console him for what he is.
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
