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

Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.

Great wants proceed from great wealth; but they are undutiful children, for they sink wealth down to poverty.

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

An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands. Passion swells by gratification; and the impossibility of satisfying every one of his demands will oblige you to stop short at last, after he has become a little headstrong.

Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.

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