Beauty is a dangerous property, tending to corrupt the mind of the wife, though it soon loses its influence over the husband. A figure agreeable and ….

Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression..

Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony….

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!.

Seldom do we talk of ourselves with success. If I condemn myself, more is believed than is expressed; if I praise myself, much less..

Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant..

An agreeable figure and winning manner, which inspire affection without love, are always new. Beauty loses its relish, the graces never, after the lo….

Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold a man in distress, without pa….

Nothing so uncertain as general reputation. A man injures me from humor, passion, or interest; hates me because he has injured me; and speaks ill of ….

Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive..

If you should escape the censure of others, hope not to escape your own..

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way..

Even dress is apt to inflame a man's opinion of himself..

An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands..

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment..

Death, whether it regards ourselves or others, appears less terrible in war than at home. The cries of women and children, friends in anguish, a dark….

Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor..

False praise is always confined to the great..

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature..