Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.
Courage is adversity's lamp.
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.
Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.
Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do; but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank.