Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, and born in bed, in bed we die; the near approach a bed may show of human bliss to human woe.

You despise a man for avarice; but you do not hate him.

The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.

A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.

It seems to be remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good, and extenuates our hatred for the bad.