That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.
Despair swallows up cowardice.
The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.
The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.