A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.

The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they pay so little regard!

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.

Let us not complain against men because otheir rudeness, their ingratitude, their injustice, their arrogance, their love oself, their forgetfulness oothers. They are so made. Such is their nature.

A tall, well-built man with a deep chest and broad shoulders can carry a heavy burden with ease and unconcern, and still keep one hand free; a dwarf would be crushed by half that weight. Thus lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.

The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.