The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.

One may outwit another, but not all the others.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.

We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.