The health of the soul is something we can be no more sure of than that of the body; and though a man may seem far from the passions, yet he is in as much danger of falling into them as one in a perfect state of health of having a fit of sickness.

Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.

The applause we give those who are new to society often proceeds from a secret envying of those already established.

Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense.

The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others.

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.