Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.

Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.