There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.

There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.

Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.

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

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.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.