Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less.
Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our manners, others may be content with us and with themselves.
It requires more than mere genius to be an author.
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.