Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

Self-love is the love of a man's own self, and of everything else for his own sake. It makes people idolaters to themselves, and tyrants to all the world besides.

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.