Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

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

Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.