Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.
It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.
We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.
Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear those who use it too much; yet satire should be allowed when unmixed with spite, and when the person satirized can join in the satire.
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.