Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.

Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.