We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.

We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones.

We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.

In the presence of some people we inevitably depart From ourselves: we are inaccurate, we say things we do not feel, And talk nonsense. When we get home we are conscious that we Have made fools of ourselves. Never go near these people.