The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune.

The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.

Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.

Clemency, which we make a virtue of, proceeds sometimes from vanity, sometimes from indolence, often from fear, and almost always from a mixture of all three.

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