Conscience is the virtue of the observers not the agents of action

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them have men always burnt and crucified.

We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.

Hatred is a heavy burden. It sinks the heart deep in the breast, and lies like a tombstone on all joys.

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.