He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.

He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.

Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.