The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.

Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

When the soul is ruffled by the remains of one passion, it is more disposed to entertain a new one than when it is entirely curedand at rest from all.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.