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

It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.

It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance.

Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

No man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love.