What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.
The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others.
Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.
Pity is like eating mustard without beef.
The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.