A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?'

An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

Sudden love is latest cured.

When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book; it is good, and is the work of a master-hand.

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.