People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.