It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger.

We often need reminding even if we do not often need educating.

The most Heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together.

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.