If one judges love according to the greatest part of the effects it produces, it would appear to resemble rather hatred than kindness.

There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.

We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.

It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.