The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.

The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man?

Invariably our best nights were those when it rained.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense.

The gross feeder is a man in the larva state; and there are whole nations in that condition, nations without fancy or imagination,whose vast abdomens betray them.

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.