Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favor.

The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.

The love of fame is a passion natural and universal, which no man, however high or mean, however wise or ignorant, was yet able to despise.

New arts are long in the world before poets describe them; for they borrow everything from their predecessors, and commonly derive very little from nature or from life.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.