Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

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

Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.