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

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.