Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.
We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.
The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light.
It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.