Those who see and observe kings, heroes, and statesmen, discover that they have headaches, indigestion, humors and passions, just like other people; every one of which in their turns determine their wills in defiance of their reason.

Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.

Every man is to be had one way or another, and every woman almost any way.

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.

Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage.

There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.

There never were, since the creation of the world, two cases exactly parallel.

Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse courts.

A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another.