Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

Virtue is to the soul what health is tot he body.

Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to be both deceived and betrayed by their own selves.

Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.

The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune.

We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.

Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.