Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.

The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune.

It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last.

As the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too high a price for any good they can do.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.

It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.