We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.
We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
Hatred is stronger than friendship.
Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones.
Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.