In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.

Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.

Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to be both deceived and betrayed by their own selves.

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.