Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light.

Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.