“In love we often doubt what we most believe.”

“We often forgive those who bore us, but we do not forgive those we bore”.”

“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”

“We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world only knew the motives behind them.”

“There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted.”

“In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.”

“Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.”