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.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

Sincerity is a certain openness of heart. It is to be found in very few, and what we commonly look upon to be so is only a cunningsort of dissimulation, to insinuate ourselves into the confidence of others.

The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.

Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear those who use it too much; yet satire should be allowed when unmixed with spite, and when the person satirized can join in the satire.