Youth is a continual intoxication; it is the fever of reason.
Were we not proud ourselves, we should not complain of the pride of others.
We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself
The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.
Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.