We are always bored by the very people by whom it is vital not to be bored.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.