If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Our merit gains us the esteem of the virtuous-our star that of the public.

Great men should not have great faults.

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

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.