Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where we may fancy our opinion of ourselves confirmed by an impartial and faithful witness.

In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.

Nothing gives such a blow to friendship as the detecting another in an untruth. It strikes at the root of our confidence ever after.

They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.