There are so few who can grow old with a good grace.
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart
I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him
Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.
I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.