In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.

If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.

Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.

A fig for your bill of fare; show me your bill of company.

The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.