There sometimes wants only a stroke of fortune to discover numberless latent good or bad qualities, which would otherwise have been eternally concealed.

A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart.

There sometimes wants only a stroke of fortune to discover numberless latent good or bad qualities, which would otherwise have been eternally concealed.

You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them.

Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.