His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.

Vain is equivalent to empty; thus vanity is so miserable a thing, that one cannot give it a worse name than its own. It proclaims itself for what it is.

She commands who is blest with indifference.

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

To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others; this is true morality.

Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.