An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.

One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.

As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.

To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise.

A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.