No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as if they were aged parents and monitors. They may in the end prove wiser than he.

Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.

Habit is necessary to give power.

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as if they were aged parents and monitors. They may in the end prove wiser than he.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs.

The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.