"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others."

Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

Consider what importance to society the chastity of women is. Upon that all the property in the world depends. We hang a thief for stealing a sheep; but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep and farm and all from the right owner.

A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope.

Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess in it, and therefore, after having been for some time without it, on account of illness, I thought it better not to return to it. Every man is to judge for himself, according to the effects which he experiences.

What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.