Economy is an excellent lure to betray people into expense.
Nobility should be elective, not hereditary.
Those beings only are fit for solitude who are like nobody, and are liked by nobody.
Laugh as loud as you please at your companion's wit; do not even smile at his folly.
The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie.
Wit, to be well defined, must be defined by wit itself; then it will be worth listening to.