The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.

We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary.

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time.

It may be said that the vices await us in the journey of life like hosts with whom we must successively lodge; and I doubt whether experience would make us avoid them if we were to travel the same road a second time.