That we understand something perfectly, that we accomplish something better than anyone else around us, that is what matters.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.

To a valet no man is a hero.

All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.