Great men should not have great faults.
Nothing is more contagious than example, and no man does any exceeding good or exceeding ill but it spawns new deeds of the same kind. The good we imitate through emulation, the ill through the malignity of our nature, which shame keeps locked up, but example sets free.
The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.
Hope is the last thing that dies in man.
The older a fool is, the worse he is.
We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.