Humility is the worst form of conceit.

A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.

It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of character.

Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.

There are few good women who do not tire of their role.

The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.