Envy is the deformed and distorted offspring of egotism; and when we reflect on the strange and disproportioned character of the parent, we cannot wonder at the perversity and waywardness of the child.

If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.

The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not always the justest thinkers.

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.