A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
Once a coxcomb, always a coxcomb.
No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it.
No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.