The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.

Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

One can no more look steadily at death than at the sun.

Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.