“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.”

“Life is the art of being well-deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.”

“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.”

“Thus, to give an obvious instance, if I have once enjoyed the cool shade of a tree, and been lulled into a deep repose by the sound of a brook running at its feet, I am sure that wherever I can find a tree and a brook, I can enjoy the same pleasure again. Hence, when I imagine these objects, I can easily form a mystic personification of the friendly power that inhabits them, Dryad or Naiad, offering its cool fountain or its tempting shade. Hence the origin of the Grecian mythology.”

“Love turns, with little indulgence, to indifference or disgust: hatred alone is immortal.”

“The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.”

“We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.”