People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
Those who are condemned to death affect sometimes a constancy and contempt for death which is only the fear of facing it; so that one may say that this constancy and contempt are to their mind what the bandage is to their eyes.
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.
Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.