Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture.
There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill.
The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.
If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.