It is the superfluous things for which men sweat.
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
Expediency often silences justice.
It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.