He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.

I can forgive injuries, but never benefits.

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know.

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

I look upon paradoxes as the impotent efforts of men who, not having capacity to draw attention and celebrity from good sense, fly to eccentricities to make themselves noted.