More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.
Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do.
We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.