I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.

Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him be taught to throw down his arms and surrender to truth as soon as he perceives it, whether the truth is born at his rival's doing or within himself from some change in his ideas.

Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

Lovers are angry, reconciled, entreat, thank, appoint, and finally speak all things, by their.

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

My opinion is that we must lend ourselves to others and give ourselves only to ourselves. If my will happened to be prone to mortgage and attach itself, I would not last: I am too tender, both by nature and by practice.