Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.

The only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us.

In misfortune we often mistake dejection for constancy; we bear it without daring to look on it; like cowards, who suffer themselves to be murdered without resistance.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.