Eminence Without Merit Earns Deference Without Esteem.

Real Worth Requires No Interpreter: Its Everyday Deeds Form Its Emblem.

Scandal Is An Importunate Wasp, Against Which We Must Make No Movement Unless We Are Quite Sure That We Can Kill It; Otherwise It Will Return To The Attack More Furious Than Ever.

The Person Is Always Happy Who Is In The Presence Of Something They Cannot Know In Full. A Person As Advanced Far In The Study Of Morals Who Has Mastered The Difference Between Pride And Vanity.

Egotism Is The Tongue Of Vanity.

Only The History Of Free Peoples Is Worth Our Attention; The History Of Men Under A Despotism Is Merely A Collection Of Anecdotes.