A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.

The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.

It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

We are never so generous as when giving advice.