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

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.

When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.