Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform to other men's opinions than to bring them over to ours.
It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.
False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.
The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men.
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.