“Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.”

“We often forgive those who bore us, but we do not forgive those we bore”.”

“Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.”

“Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. ”

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”

“In love we often doubt what we most believe.”

“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire”