There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.

We have more indolence in the mind than in the body.

Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.