Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.

If my intentions were not to be read in my eyes and voice, I should not have survived so long without quarrels and without harm, seeing the indiscreet freedom with which I say, right or wrong, whatever comes into my head.

I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own.

In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.

The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.

There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance