The trust that we put in ourselves makes us feel trust in others.

It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.

The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.