Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it is poor, and never attempt any drastic cure save as an ultimate resort.

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.

There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.