The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.