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

Science when well-digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

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

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.