The only thing constant in life is change

Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.

Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.