To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.
The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.
Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.