Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is least expected.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

Languages are the keys of science.

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.

An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.