We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.

The expression of truth is simplicity.

Praise thyself never.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

Our words should aim not to please, but to help.

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.