Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.
Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.
Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.
We are more conscious that a person is in the wrong when the wrong concerns ourselves.
Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.