Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive.

A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit.

The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.

The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.

We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.

Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.