What renders us so changeable in our friendship is, that it is difficult to know the qualities of the soul, but easy to know those of the mind.

We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.

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

Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.

The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

Good and bad fortune are found severally to visit those who have the most of the one or the other.