Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.

The whole power of cunning is privative; to say nothing, and to do nothing , is the utmost of its reach. Yet men, thus narrow by nature and mean by art, are sometimes able to rise by the miscarriages of bravery and the openness of integrity, and, watching failures and snatching opportunities, obtain advantages which belong to higher characters.

Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults.

Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.

Admiration must be continued by that novelty which first produces it; and how much soever is given, there must always be reason to imagine that more remains.

Women have two weapons - cosmetics and tears

Whatever is proposed, it is much easier to find reasons for rejecting than embracing.