At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone..

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?.

The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone. [Fr., Le commencement et le declin de l'amour ….

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work..

Tyranny has no need of arts or sciences, for its policy, which is very shallow and without any refinement, only consists in shedding blood..

Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows on men in granting them wealth, money, dignities, and other adva….

A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love..

It is a fool's privilege to laugh at an intelligent man..

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others..

A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed..

Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses..

We dread old age, which are not sure of being able to attain. [Fr., L'on craint la vieillesse, que l'on n'est pas sur de pouvoir atteindre.].

Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man ….

Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die..

During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that though they are ….

Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it may not, and perhaps ought ….

To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an author..

Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence..