More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.

None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

Only the great can afford to have great defects.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.