Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to make the design for which they expose themselves succeed.

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.

Imagination could never invent the number of different contradictions that exist innately in each person's heart.

The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.

We easily forget our faults when no one knows them but ourselves.

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