True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
We are never so generous as when giving advice.
Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.