Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind

People are not soured by misfortune, but by the reception they meet with in it.

Common sense, to most people, is nothing more than their own opinions.

Wit is the rarest quality to be met with among people of education, and the most common among the uneducated.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.