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

Genius is native to the soil where it grows — is fed by the air, and warmed by the sun — and is not a hot - house plant or an exotic.

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it

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

To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.