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.
It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
No man should attempt to teach others what he has never learned himself
Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions