A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.
Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.
Eloquence is to the sublime what the whole is to the part.
If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities.
Sudden love is latest cured.