There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

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

Only the great can afford to have great defects.

It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.