There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.

Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?

God defend me from myself.

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.

Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others.

When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.