Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry by true love.

We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to.

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.