Even dress is apt to inflame a man's opinion of himself.

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

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

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.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way.

If you should escape the censure of others, hope not to escape your own.