Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.
The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
Europe is a state with several provinces
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.