For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention.

Those who see and observe kings, heroes, and statesmen, discover that they have headaches, indigestion, humors and passions, just like other people; every one of which in their turns determine their wills in defiance of their reason.

Let it be your maxim through life, to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the information of others.

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

When a man is once in fashion, all he does is right.

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.