“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
Good“There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.”
Men“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
Good“We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.”
Love“One forgives to the degree that one loves.”
Forgiveness“Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.”
Courage“Taste may change, but inclination never.”
Change“Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.”
Hope“We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.”
Men“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”
Friendship“We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.”
Experience“There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.”
Women“What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.”
Great“Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.”
Great“Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.”
Age“There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.”
Great“To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.”
Great“Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.”
Men“Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.”
Future“If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.”
Peace“There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.”
Men“Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.”
Men