Sometimes we lose friends for whose loss our regret is greater than our grief, and others for whom our grief is greater than our regret.

He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.

There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or think wehave a right to. But envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

The evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.

It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness, languid as it is, often masters them all; she influences all our designs and actions, and insensibly consumes and destroys both passions and virtues.

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.