Death is the greatest evil, because it cuts off hope.

To expect an author to talk as he writes is ridiculous; or even if he did you would find fault with him as a pedant.

I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves.

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

Whatever interests is interesting.

The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints.