No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.

A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

It is a dangerous experiment to call in gratitude as an ally to love. Love is a debt which inclination always pays, obligation never.

Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves.

Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical.

Vanity is but the surface.