All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

Humility is the worst form of conceit.

The only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us.

The applause we give those who are new to society often proceeds from a secret envying of those already established.

Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.