One forgives to the degree that one loves.

Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in their lesser merit and fortune.

It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.