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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.