It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our manners, others may be content with us and with themselves.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

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

One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others.

A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet the best people on an equal footing. This is harder for a married man: marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less.

A woman with eyes only for one person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly the same impression.