Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.
What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one.
Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
One may outwit another, but not all the others.
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.