A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,- A cap by night, a stocking all the day.

Filial obedience is the first and greatest requisite of a state; by this we become good subjects to our emperors, capable of behaving with just subordination to our superiors, and grateful dependents on heaven; by this we become fonder of marriage, in order to be capable of exacting obedience from others in our turn; by this we become good magistrates, for early submission is the truest lesson to those who would learn to rule. By this the whole state may be said to resemble one family.

It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers you to distinctions not to be understood, and feelings which it cannot explain. A man who would endeavor to fix an enthusiast by argument might as well attempt to spread quicksilver with his finger.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.