Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.