If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find that it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat.

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.

It has been well observed that the tongue discovers the state of the mind no less than that of the body; but in either case, before the philosopher or the physician can judge, the patient must open his mouth.

The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain.

It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.

Wars of opinion, as they have been the most destructive, are also the most disgraceful of conflicts.