Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been said.

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.