In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect the public weal.

Clemency, which we make a virtue of, proceeds sometimes from vanity, sometimes from indolence, often from fear, and almost always from a mixture of all three.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.