Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
What a man wishes, he will believe.