What is popular is not necessarily vulgar; and that which we try to rescue from fatal obscurity had in general much better remain where it is.

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago.

He who is as faithful to his principles as he is to himself is the true partisan.

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

Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body.