He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber.

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.

Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and the re-establishment of its original constitution.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

This was a good dinner enough, to be sure, but it was not a dinner to ask a man to.

Learn that the present hour alone is man's.

Men become friends by a community of pleasures.