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

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

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

The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.

When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.

No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.