Fear, indeed, is the mother of foresight.

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.

When you give, therefore, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.

Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love.

I have not skillFrom such a sharp and waspish word as "No"To pluck the sting.

Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.

There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel.