People seldom read a book which is given to them; and few are given. The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price. No man will send to buy a thing that costs even sixpence without an intention to read it.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.

A man is not obliged honestly to answer a question which should not properly be put.

A writer who obtains his full purpose loses himself in his own lustre.

Men become friends by a community of pleasures.