We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of which self-love always expects to gain something.

The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives.

The world is full of pots jeering at kettles.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.