Simplicity is a delicate imposition.

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.

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

It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent.

Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.

Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak.

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.