Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.

There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune.