When you take a man as he is, you make him worse. When you take a man as he can be, you make him better.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.

I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times.

A vain man can never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his manners after those of others.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.