Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself

Jealousy is not love, but self-love.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.

Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.

A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.