If we wish ourselves to be high, we should treat that which is over us as high.
Short accounts make long friends.
Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.