Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

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

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

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.

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