Give Dayrolles a chair.

There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest: but there is seldom one in which a man should tell it all.

Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho violate it, may be cunning, but they are not able. Lies and perfidy are the refuge of fools and cowards.

Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.

The most ignorant are the boldest conjecturers.

Many new years you may see, but happy ones you cannot see without deserving them. These virtue, honor, and knowledge alone can merit, alone can produce.

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.