True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Pleasure limps for him. who enjoys it alone.

The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick.

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one's dearest friends.

None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.