Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a more calculated sort of pride.

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.

Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.