When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.

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

To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

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