Actions Are Visible, Though Motives Are Secret.

I Never Take A Nap After Dinner But When I Have Had A Bad Night, And Then The Nap Takes Me.

No Man Is A Hypocrite In His Pleasures.

Every Man Has Some Favorite Topic Of Conversation, On Which, By A Feigned Seriousness Of Attention, He May Be Drawn To Expatiate Without End.

Oratory Is The Power Of Beating Down Your Adversary's Arguments And Putting Better In Their Place.

The Gratification Which Affluence Of Wealth, Extent Of Power, And Eminence Of Reputation Confer, Must Be Always, By Their Own Nature, Confined To A Very Small Number; And The Life Of The Greater Part Of Mankind Must Be Lost In Empty Wishes And Painful Comparisons, Were Not The Balm Of Philosophy Shed Upon Us, And Our Discontent At The Appearances Of Unequal Distribution Soothed And Appeased.