We are never so generous as when giving advice.

The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

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

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

Folly pursues us throughout our lives, and the man whom we call wise is he whose follies are proportionate to his age and to his fortune.

Flattery is counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shame-faced passion we never dare acknowledge.

Eloquence lies as much in the tone of the voice, in the eyes, and in the speaker’s manner, as in his choice of words.

The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.