The trust that we put in ourselves makes us feel trust in others.
There are follies as catching as contagious disorders.
It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.
The vices enter into the composition of the virtues, as poisons into that of medicines. Prudence collects and arranges them, and uses them beneficially against the ills of life.