We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.