What renders us so changeable in our friendship is, that it is difficult to know the qualities of the soul, but easy to know those of the mind.

Hope is the last thing that dies in man.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.

A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance

Those whom the world has delighted to honor have oftener been influenced in their doings by ambition and vanity than by patriotism.