We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately.
None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.
If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
If our friends do us a service, we think they owe it to us by their title of friend. We never think that they do not owe us their friendship.