There Is No Subjection So Perfect As

The Tone Of Good Conversation Is Brilliant And Natural; It Is Neither Tedious Nor Frivolous; It Is Instructive Without Pedantry, Gay Without Tumultuousness, Polished Without Affectation, Gallant Without Insipidity, Waggish Without Equivocation.

We Are Reduced To Asking Others What We Are. We Never Dare To Ask Ourselves.

Nothing Is Less In Our Power Than The Heart, And Far From Commanding We Are Forced To Obey It.

We Have To Have Powder For Our Wigs; That Is Why So Many Poor People Have No Bread.

Good Laws Lead To The Making Of Better Ones; Bad Ones Bring About Worse.