The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.

It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for the interest of the business, because they wish to have the honor of succeeding in that which they have undertaken.

The vivacity that augments with years is not far from folly.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.