Nothing is rarer than real goodness.
A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.
We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.
We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be.
We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.