Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.
In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
Reason and emotion counsel and supplement each other. Whoever heeds only the one, and puts aside the other, recklessly deprives himself of a portion of the aid granted us for the regulation of our conduct.