People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
I have often observ'd the loudest Laughers to be the dullest Fellows in the Company.
The familiarities of the gaming-table contribute very much to the decay of politeness ... The pouts and quarrels that naturally arise from disputes must put an end to all complaisance, or even good will towards one another.
Remember my unalterable maxim, "When we love, we always have something to say.
Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over.