Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

As we grow older, we increase in folly--and in wisdom.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.