Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else.
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.
We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.