A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.

He also has energy who cannot be deprived of it.

Where pride begins, love ceases.

Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.

Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.