“Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine”

“I am swimming in dishonor like a fish in water”

“The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul”

“You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.”

“Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble”

“Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false”