The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.
Men's happiness and misery depends altogether as much upon their own humor as it does upon fortune.
We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.