A man does not please long when he has only species of wit.

Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity.