Men universally are ungrateful towards him who instructs them, unless, in the hours or in the intervals of instruction, he presents a sweet-cake to their self-love.
Many laws as certainly make men bad, as bad men make many laws.
We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
Great men always pay deference to greater.
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence.