Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.
Once a coxcomb, always a coxcomb.
A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice, that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without any very accurate inquiry whether it is right.