The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Jealousy is not love, but self-love.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

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

Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.