Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings.

I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.

Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?

Leave to Heaven the measure and the choice.

What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.