We should often blush at our noblest deeds if the world were to see all their underlying motives.

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.

A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

He that fancies such a sufficiency in himself that he can live without all the world is greatly mistaken; but he that imagines himself so necessary that other people cannot live without him is a great deal more mistaken.