Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.
Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.
In this world, all power rests upon force.
The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.
Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.
There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.