It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.