The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

When we seek reconciliation with our enemies, it is commonly out of a desire to better our own condition, a being harassed and tired out with a state of war, and a fear of some ill accident which we are willing to prevent.

The vivacity that augments with years is not far from folly.

Tastes in young people are changed by natural impetuosity, and in the aged are preserved by habit.

Organize one's values in the order of their worth

We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.