A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance.

Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.