Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.

Attack is the reaction. I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.

They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be valued, or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals, is private liberty.

To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.

It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on that side where the passions are ready to receive it.

Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favor.

The finest landscape in the world is improved by a good inn in the foreground.