It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

A woman with eyes only for one person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly the same impression.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

It is because of men that women dislike one another.

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.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.