To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.

What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed.

God gave humans language so they could conceal their thoughts from one another.

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.

The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.

Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.