Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.

Selfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.

The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Everyone blames his memory, no one blames his judgment.

Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves.