A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.

Dandyism is a species of genius.

An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.

Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.

It is remarkable how virtuous and generously disposed every one is at a play.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.