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

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

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.

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

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.