Where pride begins, love ceases.
Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.
Good-humor is always a success.
Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.
He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
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.