Egotism is the tongue of vanity.

Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

He who leaves the game wins it.

Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.

A man without nobility cannot have kindliness; he can only have good nature.