Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.
Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.
We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.
To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.
Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.