Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.

The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.

There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.

Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous. To be convinced of this we need only represent, on the one hand,the numberless benefits which result from vanity, as industry, the arts, fashions, politeness, and taste; and on the other, the infinite evils which spring from the pride of certain nations, a laziness, poverty, a total neglect of everything.