The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.