What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and p….

The man abandoned by his friends, one after another, without just cause, will acquire, the reputation of being hard to please, changeable, ungrateful….

Like those statues which must be made larger than "nature" in order that, viewed from below, or from a distance, they may appear to be of the "natura….

The historian must be a poet; not to find, but to find again; not to breathe life into beings, into imaginary deeds, but in order to re-animate and r….

Since unhappiness excites interest, many, in order to render themselves interesting, feign unhappiness..

We love justice greatly, and just men but little..

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes..

Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us..

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths..

Length of saying makes languor of hearing..

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise..

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them..