We are more conscious that a person is in the wrong when the wrong concerns ourselves.

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

The egoist does not tolerate egoism.

We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.

History, if thoroughly comprehended, furnishes something of the experience which a man would acquire who should be a contemporary of all ages and a fellow citizen of all peoples.

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.