Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.
It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.
A precedent embalms a principle.
He was one of these men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.
Man is only great when he acts from passion.