It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.

There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much.

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.

We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be.

Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others.

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.

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.