We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.

A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.

Weak people cannot be sincere.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it is poor, and never attempt any drastic cure save as an ultimate resort.

We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.