Man Is A Free Agent;

As To The Deceit Perpetrated Upon Women, Let It Pass, For, When Love Is In The Way, Men And Women As A General Rule Dupe Each Other.

There Is No Such Thing As A Perfectly Happy Or Perfectly Unhappy Man In The World. One Has More Happiness In His Life And Another More Unhappiness, And The Same Circumstance May Produce Widely Different Effects On Individuals Of Different Temperaments.

I Leave To Others The Decision As To The Good Or Evil Tendencies Of My Character, But Such As It Is It Shines Upon My Countenance, And There It Can Easily Be Detected By Any Physiognomist.

If You Want To Make People Laugh, Your Face Must Remain Serious.

Thence, I Suppose, My Natural Disposition To Make Fresh Acquaintances, And To Break With Them So Readily, Although Always For A Good Reason, And Never Through Mere Fickleness.