It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.
Treachery is more often the effect of weakness than of a formed design.
Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.
The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long.
Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.
Gravity is a mysterious carriage of the body invented to cover the defects of the mind.