A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Rarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending; each supplying the defects of the helpmate, and completing, by fusion, one strong human soul.

Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.

When you borrow on your character, it is your character that you leave in pawn.

The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains.

Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the pygmies declared that Jove himself was a pygmy.

The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate.