It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.

There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do.

On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition - which despises small interests to gain great ones.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.