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

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

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

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

Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.

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

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.