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

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

It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.

Genius speaks only to genius.

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