Yet some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise, and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound, there is no danger from vanity. Solemn friends will warn them of the danger of the head's being turned by the flourish of trumpets, but they can afford to smile.

The reason why any one refuses his assent to your opinion, or his aid to your benevolent design, is in you: he refuses to accept you as a bringer of truth, because, though you think you have it, he feels that you have it not. You have not given him the authentic sign.

This body, full of faults, Has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.

God evidently does not intend us all to be rich, or powerful or great, but He does intend us all to be friends.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page.

To say then, the majority are wicked, means no malice, no bad heart in the observer, but, simply that the majority are unripe, andhave not yet come to themselves, do not yet know their opinion.