A lofty mind always thinks nobly, it easily creates vivid, agreeable, and natural fancies, places them in their best light, clothes them with all appropriate adornments, studies others' tastes, and clears away from its own thoughts all that is useless and disagreeable.

There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world.

Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.

It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.

It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action.

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.

The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.