The amiable is the voluptuous in expression or manner. The sense of pleasure in ourselves is that which excites it in others; or, the art of pleasing is to seem pleased.

Spleen can subsist on any kind of food.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another.

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart than revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

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