No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

When we enlarge upon the affection our friends have for us, this is very often not so much out of a sense of gratitude as from a desire to persuade people of our own great worth, that can deserve so much kindness.

It is easier to fall in love when you are out of it than to get out of it when you are in.

Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.

Hypocrisy is an homage that vice renders to virtue.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.