I would fain coin wisdom,—mould it, I mean, into maxims, proverbs, sentences, that can easily be retained and transmitted. Would that I could denounce and banish from the language of men—as base money—the words by which they cheat and are cheated!

Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.

There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.

Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!

The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.

Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.