Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Wisdom is the repose of the mind.

All belief that does not make us more happy, more free, more loving, more active, more calm, is, I fear, a mistaken and superstitious belief.

The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.