To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.
The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.
We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.
There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!
There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.
Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.