Age imprints more wrinkles a in the mind, than it does in the face, and souls are never, or very rarely seen, that in growing old do not smell sour and musty. Man moves all together, both towards his perfection and decay.

If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they "artialize" nature.

The strength of any plan depends on the time. Circumstances and things eternally shift and change.

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

I have seen people rude by being over-polite.

After a tongue has once got the knack of lying, it is not to be imagined how impossible almost it is to reclaim it. Whence it comes to pass, that we see some men, who are otherwise very honest, so subject to this vice.