An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."

It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.

It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.

The ripeness of adolescence is prodigal in pleasures, skittish, and in need of a bridle.

I see the cure is not worth the pain.

The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants.