False praise is always confined to the great.

Every man, however little, makes a figure in his own eyes.

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

An agreeable figure and winning manner, which inspire affection without love, are always new. Beauty loses its relish, the graces never, after the longest acquaintance, they are no less agreeable than at first.

Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution; delicacy of taste, to calmness and sedateness. Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every passion.

Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.