One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.
Envy is littleness of soul.
When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.
By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.
One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.
The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.