No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.
Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure.
No fools are so difficult to manage as those with some brains.
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.