Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

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.

His calumny is not only the greatest benefit a rogue can confer on us, but the only service he will perform for nothing.

Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.

Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.