Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. It is only found in men of sound sense and understanding.

If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.

Love and friendship exclude each other.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace only excel other writers by their expressions and images; we must indicate what is true if we mean to write naturally, forcibly and delicately.

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

It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.