A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

In every man there is something of all men.

To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them.

A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.

One should never trust a person who, while assuring you of something, puts his hands on his heart.