“Reflection makes men cowards.”
“Good temper is an estate for life.”
“We are not hypocrites in our sleep.”
“Prejudice is the child of ignorance.”
“The worst old age is that of the mind.”
“Life is the art of being well deceived.”
“As is our confidence, so is our capacity.”
“We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.”
“The essence of poetry is will and passion.”
“Grace in women has more effect than beauty.”
“The public have neither shame or gratitude.”
“The busier we are the more leisure we have.”
“The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.”
“Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.”
“Those who can command themselves command others.”
“No truly great person ever thought themselves so.”
“The most learned are often the most narrow minded.”
“We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.”
“The best way to procure insults is to submit to them.”
“If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.”
“Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.”
“We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.”
“To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.”
“The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.”
“Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.”
“Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.”
“He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.”
“We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.”
“Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.”
“The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.”