The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.
When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.
Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now.
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.
We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none.