There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.

Great men's honor ought always to be measured by the methods they made use of in attaining it.

We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary.

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.