The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Even the most disinterested love is, after all, but a kind of bargain, in which self-love always proposes to be the gainer one wayor another.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.

We often in our misfortunes take that for constancy and patience which is only dejection of mind; we suffer without daring to holdup our heads, just as cowards let themselves be knocked on the head because they have not courage to strike back.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.