A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Where confidence is wanting, the most beautiful flower in the garland of love is missing.

Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.

I can promise to be sincere, but I cannot promise to be impartial.

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.