In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.

We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.