A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love.

Wit is the god of moments, but Genius is the god of ages.

Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more.

There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably: It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before the indigent; of sound limbs and health before the infirm; of houses and lands before one who has not so much as a dwelling; in a word, to speak of your prosperity before the miserable; this conversation is cruel, and the comparison which naturally arises in them betwixt their condition and yours is excruciating.

It is virtue which should determine us in the choice of our friends, without inquiring into their good or evil fortune.

Born merely for the purpose of digestion.

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.