It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.

Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.

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

There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are.

L'absence diminue les mediocres passions, et augmente les grandes,comme le vent eteint les bougies, et allume le feu. Absence diminishes commonplace passions, and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Even women are perfect at the outset.