I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.

He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

Like the tiger, that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh, the reader who has once gratified his appetite with calumny makes ever after the most agreeable feast upon murdered reputations!

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without a heart?

Measures, not men, have always been my mark.