It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.

We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.

Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.

Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

There are several remedies which will cure love, but there are no infallible ones.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.