One ought to love society, if he wishes to enjoy solitude. It is a social nature that solitude works upon with the most various power. If one is misanthropic, and betakes himself to loneliness that he may get away from hateful things, solitude is a silent emptiness to him.

A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever.

Economy is an excellent lure to betray people into expense.

Contempt is frequently regulated by fashion.

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart.

The purse of the patient often protracts his case.