None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

Custom is the law of one description of fools, and fashion of another; but the two parties often clash--for precedent is the legislator of the first, and novelty of the last. Custom, therefore, looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present.

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Is there anything more tedious than the often repeated tales of the old and forgetful?

Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning.

Most men know what they hate, few what they love.