To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.

It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.

Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.

He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.

All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Merit is never so conspicuous as when coupled with an obscure origin, just as the moon never appears so lustrous as when it emerges from a cloud.

There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.(Bonald, M.} There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.