There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.

There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted.

Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

In misfortune we often mistake dejection for constancy; we bear it without daring to look on it; like cowards, who suffer themselves to be murdered without resistance.

The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel than in what we inspire.