Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.
It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.
That experience which does not make us better makes us worse.
It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.
Nothing for preserving the body like having no heart.
The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.