There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.

One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

We frequently are troublesome to others, when we think it impossible for us ever to be so.