Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.

Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.

We can be more clever than one, but not more clever than all.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.

Those only are despicable who fear to be despised.