We frequently are troublesome to others, when we think it impossible for us ever to be so.

We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Were we not proud ourselves, we should not complain of the pride of others.

Things often offer themselves to our mind in a more finished form in the very first thought, than we might have made them by muchart and study.