The more we love, the nearer we are to hate.
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.
Gratitude is like the good faith of traders: it maintains commerce, and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we may more readily find people to trust us.
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.
It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.