There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.

We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.

Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.

The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the good she denied them.

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

In infants, levity is a prettiness; in men a shameful defect; but in old age, a monstrous folly.