The Great slight the men of wit, who have nothing but wit; the men of wit despise the Great, who have nothing but greatness; the good man pities them both, if with greatness or wit they have not virtue.

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.

Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less.

Born merely for the purpose of digestion.

Rarely do they appear great before their valets.

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

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.