A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

He who has lived a day has lived an age.

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.

It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.

Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it may not, and perhaps ought not to be supplied by prudence.

A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.