Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.

One honor won is a surety for more.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

The most subtle of our acts is to simulate blindness for snares that we know are set for us.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.