There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

The most subtle of our acts is to simulate blindness for snares that we know are set for us.

All men are equally proud. The only difference is that not all take the same methods of showing it.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

One can no more look steadily at death than at the sun.

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.