A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.