A modest man never talks of himself.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

In Friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood.

When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.