It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.

One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.

As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.

A respectable man may love madly, but not foolishly.