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 fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.

The freer you feel yourself in the presence of another, the more free is he...

And still, laughter is akin to weeping.

Certain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress.

He also has energy who cannot be deprived of it.

No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity.