Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.

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

Genius speaks only to genius.

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

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

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.