Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

Great men's honor ought always to be measured by the methods they made use of in attaining it.

The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.

The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.