It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.