Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
What a man wishes, he will believe.