We give nothing so freely as advice.

It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.

Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.

Confidence always pleases those who receive it. It is a tribute we pay to their merit, a deposit we commit to their trust, a pledge that gives them a claim upon us, a kind of dependence to which we voluntarily submit.

Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

As we grow older, we increase in folly--and in wisdom.