Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.

We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.

A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.

We endeavor to make a virtue of the faults we are unwilling to correct.