Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.