The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.

A respectable man may love madly, but not foolishly.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.