To forget someone means to think of him.

It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.

It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.

There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice

Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God.

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.