Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.
It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.
Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.
Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.