Hope and fear are inseparable.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.

Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.