We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others.
A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.
The only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us.
The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.
Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.
No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to.