Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?'

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense.

Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit, where it is out of place.

A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.

A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself he will write a Book; he has no Talent at Writing, but he wants fifty Guineas.