Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.
Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.
A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.
The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.