Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.
Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.