Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.

The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.

Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.

The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.

It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love.