All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich
Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.
The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety.
True love, like the eye, can bear no flaw.
He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent; still less how to act with vigour and decision. - Who hastens to the end is silent: loudness is impotence.