There are people who, like new songs, are in vogue only for a time.

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors.

In infants, levity is a prettiness; in men a shameful defect; but in old age, a monstrous folly.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

High fortune makes both our virtues and vices stand out as objects that are brought clearly to view by the light.