It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
Everybody wants to live forever, but nobody wants to grow old.
Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
One principal object of good-breeding is to suit our behaviour to the three several degrees of men, our superiors, our equals, and those below us.