He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich
Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself.
Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.
Malice is poisoned by her own venom.
Learn the value of a man's words and expressions, and you know him. Each man has a measure of his own for everything; this he offers you inadvertently in his words. He who has a superlative for everything wants a measure for the great or small.