Those men who are commended by everybody must be very extraordinary men; or, which is more probable, very inconsiderable men.

Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.

I have often thought that the nature of women was interior to that of men in general, but superior in particular.

There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him.

Human knowledge is the parent of doubt.

The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular.

I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they have or have not judgment, penetration or taste to perform the task.