 Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others. |
| Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything. |
| If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic. |
| Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once. |
| Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him. |
| Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character. |
| You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be. |
| The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers. |
| The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. |
| You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad. |
| He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero. |
| Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. |
| Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him. |
| Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it? |
| The public seldom forgive twice. |
| Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. |
| Conscience is the sentinel of virtue. |
| 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. |
| Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. |
| He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion. |
