Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.
There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.
Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge; and no one has ever taken the trouble to stretch and carry his understanding as far as it could go.