There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.

Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.

What makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.