As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

Organize one's values in the order of their worth

We cannot possibly imagine the variety of contradictions in every heart.

What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

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