The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

All who know their own minds know not their own hearts.

Constancy in love is of two sorts: One is the effect of new excellencies that are always presenting themselves afresh, and attractour affections continually; the other is only from a point of honor, and a taking of pride not to change.

When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue.

Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time.

What we cut off from our other faults is very often but so much added to our pride.

In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with.