The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their fortunes |
The head cannot long play the part of the heart. |
The health of the mind is not less uncertain than that of the body, and when passions seem furthest removed we are no less in danger of infection than of falling ill when we are well. |
The heart is forever making the head its fool. |
The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age. |
The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others. |
The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it. |
The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism |
The intellect is always fooled by the heart. |
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. |
The largest ambition has the least appearance of ambition when it meets with an absolute impossibility in compassing its object. |
The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to live in comfort, and the instinct to humiliate others are often the cause of that courage so renowned among men |
The love of justice in most men is only the fear of themselves suffering by injustice. |
The love of justice is simply in the majority of men the fear of suffering injustice. |
The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor |