Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.
Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.
Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.
The smallest fault of women who give themselves up to love is to love.