We Are Much Mistaken If We Think

There Is A Kind Of Elevation Which Does Not Depend On Fortune; It Is A Certain Air Which Distinguishes Us, And Seems To Destine Us For Great Things; It Is A Price Which We Imperceptibly Set Upon Ourselves.

Tastes In Young People Are Changed By Natural Impetuosity, And In The Aged Are Preserved By Habit.

If We Resist Our Passions, It Is More Due To Their Weakness Than Our Strength.

Men Sometimes Think They Hate Flattery, But They Hate Only The Manner Of Flattering.

We May Seem Great In An Employment Below Our Worth, But We Very Often Look Little In One That Is Too Big For Us.