Our enemies' opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own.

It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors.

On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition - which despises small interests to gain great ones.

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.

The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.