“Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time. ”

“I awoke one morning and found myself famous”

“Happiness does not consist in self-love. ”

“Patriotism is the conviction that your country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”

“There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country”

“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle”