Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

Gravity is a mysterious carriage of the body invented to cover the defects of the mind.

The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.

We endeavor to make a virtue of the faults we are unwilling to correct.