"That man, we may be sure, is..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.”

“Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.”

“There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.”

“A man's worth has its season, like fruit.”

“And it is very much lamented,... That you have no such mirrors as will turn Your hidden worthiness into your eye That you might see your shadow.”

“Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth”

“Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.”

“Do not mistake your objection to defeat for an objection to fighting, your objection to being a slave for an objection to slavery, your objection to not being as rich as your neighbor for an objection to poverty. The cowardly, the insubordinate, and the envious share your objections.”

“Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.”