Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues.

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

Kings and their subjects, masters and slaves, find a common level in two places - at the foot of the cross, and in the grave.

Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.

We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree. The reason perhaps is this: when we find others that agree with us, we seldom trouble ourselves to confirm that agreement; but when we chance on those who differ from us, we are zealous both to convince and to convert them. Our pride is hurt by the failure, and disappointed pride engenders hatred.

He that sympathizes in all the happiness of others, perhaps himself enjoys the safest happiness.