To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

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

There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or think wehave a right to. But envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.