A readiness to believe ill of others, before we have duly examined it, is the effect of laziness and pride. We are eager to find aculprit, and loath to give ourselves the trouble of examining the crime.

Confidence always pleases those who receive it. It is a tribute we pay to their merit, a deposit we commit to their trust, a pledge that gives them a claim upon us, a kind of dependence to which we voluntarily submit.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.