Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
The best part of a woman's love is worship; but it is hard to her to be sent away with her precious spikenard rejected, and her long tresses, too, that were let fall, ready to soothe the wearied feet.
It is in the nature of foolish reasonings to seem good to the foolish reasoner.
Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw.
Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.
It is better - it shall be better with me because I have known you.