No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

Only the great can afford to have great defects.

We speak little if not egged on by vanity.