Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.

Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.

People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.

Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.