The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.

The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense.

Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Do not quarrel with the world too soon; for, bad as it may be, it is the best we have to live in, here. If railing would have made it better, it would have been reformed long ago.