As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.

People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.