A readiness to believe ill of others, before we have duly examined it, is the effect of laziness and pride. We are eager to find aculprit, and loath to give ourselves the trouble of examining the crime.

A readiness to believe ill of others, before we have duly examined it, is the effect of laziness and pride. We are eager to find aculprit, and loath to give ourselves the trouble of examining the crime.

Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood; age retains its tastes by habit.

Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.

Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.