An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.

An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.

Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light.

Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light.

Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.

Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.

In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.

In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.