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.

We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived.

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

The daily employment of cunning marks a little mind, it generally happens that those who resort to it in one respect to protect themselves lay themselves open to attack in another.