He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

Men have written in the most convincing manner to prove that death is no evil, and this opinion has been confirmed on a thousand celebrated occasions by the weakest of men as well as by heroes. Even so I doubt whether any sensible person has ever believed it, and the trouble men take to convince others as well as themselves that they do shows clearly that it is no easy undertaking.

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.