Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.
The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
The funniest people are the saddest once
If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.
Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.