We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting.

Politeness costs little and yields much.

We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority.

The first rule for speaking well is to think well.

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them.

One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought to consider it.

Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence.