It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.

As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense.

The trust that we put in ourselves makes us feel trust in others.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.