The evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.

Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself.