When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees it requires the hand of time.