There are some bad qualities which make great talents.

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.

Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by whichwe judge of their worth depend upon the manner of their conversing with us.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.