A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak.

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

However brilliant an action, it should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive.

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.

It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty.

Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his ...