Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

Beautiful eyes in the face of a handsome woman are like eloquence to speech.

We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for.

We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.