“No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.”
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.