A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.

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

The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.