Beauty loses its relish; the graces never.

False praise is always confined to the great.

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

As nice as we are in love, we forgive more faults in that than in friendship.

An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.