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

A man seldom finds people unthankful, as long as he remains in a condition of benefiting them further.

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.