Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.

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

Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.

If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.

The soil of friendship is worn out with constant use. Habit may still attach us to each other, but we feel ourselves fettered by it. Old friends might be compared to old married people without the tie of children.

The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.

Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.