Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.

An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands. Passion swells by gratification; and the impossibility of satisfying every one of his demands will oblige you to stop short at last, after he has become a little headstrong.

To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition.

Nothing more excites to everything noble and generous, than virtuous love.

Great wants proceed from great wealth; but they are undutiful children, for they sink wealth down to poverty.

Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.

Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.