We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

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.

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.

Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.