Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.

Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.

There is nothing which continues longer than a moderate fortune; nothing of which one sees sooner the end than a large fortune.

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.

A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he ought to be silent on some other subject of which he has but a slight knowledge; if such an illustrious man ventures beyond the bounds of his capacity, he loses his way and talks like a fool.

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.