Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation.

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him

Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.

A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.

Pleasure seizes the whole man who addicts himself to it, and will not give him leisure for any good office in life which contradicts the gayety of the present hour.

Whether a pretty woman grants or withholds her favors, she always likes to be asked for them.

He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.