Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it may not, and perhaps ought not to be supplied by prudence.

Love and friendship exclude each other.

It is because of men that women dislike one another.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.

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

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.