Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure.