The fool only is troublesome. A plan of sense perceives when he is agreeable or tiresome; he disappears the very minute before he would have been thought to have stayed too long.

Avoid making yourself the subject of conversation.

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

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

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.