The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.

Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

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.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.