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

When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.

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

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

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

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

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.