It is not always for virtue's sake that women are virtuous.

Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.