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

A man, in order to establish himself in the world, does everything he can to appear established there.

All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

Some men are like ballads, that are in everyone's mouth a little while.

A man's wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.