However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

Humility is the worst form of conceit.

The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.