Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time.

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.