Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.

False praise is always confined to the great.

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

Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant.

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

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