We give nothing so freely as advice.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much.