We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.

Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.

The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.