We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

In misfortune we often mistake dejection for constancy; we bear it without daring to look on it; like cowards, who suffer themselves to be murdered without resistance.

In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer.

The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.