You are never so easily fooled as when trying to fool someone else.

Virtue is to the soul what health is tot he body.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.