We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

We often in our misfortunes take that for constancy and patience which is only dejection of mind; we suffer without daring to holdup our heads, just as cowards let themselves be knocked on the head because they have not courage to strike back.

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

One may outwit another, but not all the others.

Organize one's values in the order of their worth

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.