A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.

Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.