Reason and truth will prevail at last

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.

The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.