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

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.

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

There are few good women who do not tire of their role.

We are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the mind. This light penetrates to the bottom of matters; it remarks all that can be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must agree that it is the extent of the light in the mind that produces all the effects which we attribute to judgment.

We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.