The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this is the root of all impertinence.

Pure friendship is something which men of an inferior intellect can never taste.

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude.

It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?