It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.

That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

It is necessary, in order to know things well, to know the particulars of them; and these, being infinite, make our knowledge eversuperficial and imperfect.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.