Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another. If thou receivest not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter. If thou dost receive them, they fly forward and wound the receiver.

Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

The worst of faces still is human.

He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware.

The man who loves with his whole heart truth will love still more he who suffers for truth.

Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.