There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

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

Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.