In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

Habit is necessary to give power.

To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been said.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.

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.