Your wits make others witty.

I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect system of education.

Tell a thousand people to draft a letter, let them debate every phrase, and see how long it takes and what you get.

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.