Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

Hope and fear are inseparable.