Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side.

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

An Englishman fears contempt more than death.

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

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!