There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.

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

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness, languid as it is, often masters them all; she influences all our designs and actions, and insensibly consumes and destroys both passions and virtues.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.