Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.

Montesquieu well knew, and justly admired, the happy constitution of this country [Great Britain], where fixed and known laws equally restrain monarchy from tyranny and liberty from licentiousness.

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character.

An honest man may really love a pretty girl, but only an idiot marries her merely because she is pretty.

Little vicious minds abound with anger and revenge and are incapable of feeling te pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.