The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy.