We are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for.

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

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

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.