There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or think wehave a right to. But envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.

Treachery is more often the effect of weakness than of a formed design.

All who know their own minds know not their own hearts.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.