Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.

A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.

The poor are the blacks of Europe.

Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency.

In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned.