There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.

Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones.

Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.

The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

There are people who, like new songs, are in vogue only for a time.