We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.
Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.
The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.
There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!
Genius speaks only to genius.
Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness.