Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.

The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.

I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer.

Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.

Within my heart is lurking suspicion, and base fear, and shame and hate; but above all, tyrannous love sits throned, crowned with her graces, silent and in tears.

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.