What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed

He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you

He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life