To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods.

The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy.

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

Everything in this world depends upon will.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.