Genius speaks only to genius.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

None are rash when they are not seen by anybody.

To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.