Taste may change, but inclination never.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.

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

Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors.

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.