The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.

It is often hard to determine whether a clear, open, and honorable proceeding is the result of goodness or of cunning.

If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.

We like to read others but we do not like to be read.

We love everything on our own account; we even follow our own taste and inclination when we prefer our friends to ourselves; and yet it is this preference alone that constitutes true and perfect friendship.

Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.