A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less.

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

There is what is called the highway to posts and honor, and there is a cross and by way, which is much the shortest.

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense.