A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

A readiness to believe ill of others, before we have duly examined it, is the effect of laziness and pride. We are eager to find aculprit, and loath to give ourselves the trouble of examining the crime.

In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.

Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans.