If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

There are several remedies which will cure love, but there are no infallible ones.

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.

Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.