When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.
Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet
Revolutions go not backward.
Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends.
This body, full of faults, Has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.
Everything that is popular, it has been said, deserves the attention of philosophers: and this is for the obvious reason, that although it may not be of any worth in itself, yet it characterizes the people.