In what we really understand, we reason but little.

The more we do, the more we can do.

When one can do better than everyone else in the same walk, one does not make any very painful exertions to outdo oneself. The progress of improvement ceases nearly at the point where competition ends.

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.

We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.

If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago.

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