Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account