He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart.
In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.
Borrowed wit is the poorest wit.
He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent; still less how to act with vigour and decision. - Who hastens to the end is silent: loudness is impotence.
The conscience is more wise than science.
Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.