The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.