Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.

Some people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues.

A readiness to believe ill of others, before we have duly examined it, is the effect of laziness and pride. We are eager to find aculprit, and loath to give ourselves the trouble of examining the crime.

One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement.

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.