The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.
Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.
Some men have sufficient strength of mind to change their disposition, or at least to yield to imperative circumstances.
It is a truth that man is difficult to know, and that, if we may not deceive ourselves, we must judge him by his actions of the moment, and for the moment only.
Men have their virtues, their vices, their heroism, their perverseness, they possess and exercise all that is good, and all that is bad in this world.
Men, in general, are but children of a larger growth.
Men of letters are useful, and should ever be cherished, as they do honour to their country.
Great men are like meteors, which shine and consume themselves to enlighten the earth.
