The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.
Our distrust of another justifies his deceit.
There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill.
Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.