To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.