The world knows nothing of its greatest men.
Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.
There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel.
Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets, for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.
The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep; for, indeed, it ought to be still more clear to the philosopher than it is to ordinary men, that there are few things in the world of greater importance.
If you know how a man deals with his money, how he gets it, spends it, keeps it, shares it, you know one of the most important things about him.
Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love...