It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.

There are some bad qualities which make great talents.

Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to make the design for which they expose themselves succeed.

Selfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.

Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.