Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Learn that the present hour alone is man's.

Reason and truth will prevail at last

Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science.

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.