Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm.
Extreme boredom provides its own antidote.
The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.
Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.
Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.