Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in pe… - Joseph Addison

There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, in the enjoyment of one's self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Courage that grows from constitution very often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it, and when it is only a kind of instinct in the Soul breaks out on all occasions without judgment or discretion. That courage which proceeds from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.