There are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by.

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people. Depend upon it, they are exaggerated. You do not see one man shoot a great deal higher than another.

To go and see one druidical temple is only to see that it is nothing, for there is neither art nor power in it; and seeing one is quite enough.

Spite and ill-nature are among the most expensive luxuries in life.

Money confounds subordination.

When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.