We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.

Great men should not have great faults.