“He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.”

By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.

I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

What a wretched custom — the man who could not get even a rag to cover his body while alive must be given a new shroud when he is dead.

To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.