A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn to their own prejudice.

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.