Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.