1. “Speech is external thought an thought internal speech.”
2. “Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.”
3. “True felicity consists of its own consciousness.”
4. “Vices are often habits rather than passions.”
5. “Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.”
6. “There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.”
7. “History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events.”
8. “Tenderness is the infancy of love.”
9. “It is said that friendship between women is only suspension of hostilities.”
10. “Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.”
11. “Obtuseness is sometimes a virtue.”
12. “Mutability is written upon all things.”
13. “There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.”
14. “Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.”
15. “Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.”
16. “Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.”
17. “A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool’s coat still.”
18. “Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything.”
19. “Women read each other at a single glance.”
20. “Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words speak for such.”
